2022 marks the 175th Anniversary of events which arose from the catastrophically bad harvest of 1846 when potato blight and failure of the wheat crop led to widespread famine throughout […]
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Erosion at Burghead Bay and the Culbin Sands
The entire length of the coastline flanking Burghead Bay and the Culbin Sands areas of Moray is backed by low “cliffs” of sand and shingle which are open to attack […]
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In May 1977 a large area of horizontally laminated olive green clay became exposed on the beach below high water mark 300m east of the Mid Fishing Station, Burghead Bay […]
Continue readingErosion in Burghead Bay
The occurrence of peat under the waters of Burghead Bay was discussed by Grant and Leslie in 1798 and by Patrick Duff in 1842. Duff described the peat as having […]
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